A vulnerability has been fixed in Git which can be exploited by malicious people to execute arbitrary code

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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2010-103 security@pardus.org.tr
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Date: 2010-08-09
Severity: 3
Type: Remote
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Summary
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A vulnerability has been fixed in Git which can be exploited by
malicious people to execute arbitrary code
Description
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An exploitable buffer overrun was fixed in git. In particular, if an
attacker were to create a crafted working copy where the user runs any
git command, the attacker could force execution of arbitrary code.
Affected packages:
Pardus 2009:
git, all before 1.7.2.1-92-15
Resolution
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There are update(s) for git. You can update them via Package Manager or
with a single command from console:
pisi up git
References
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* http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id898
* https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-2542
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